The Villa Grove girls’ cross-country team was edged by Paxton-Buckley-Loda, 25-34, on Tuesday (Oct. 12) in a dual meet in Paxton.

Three Blue Devils were among the first seven finishers.

Emma Buesing ended third, with a 3-mile time of 24 minutes and 16 seconds. Scarlett Howard was fifth in 24:52 and Madison Logan was seventh in 25:20.

Other Villa Grove finishers were: Kyleigh Price (13^th in 26:16), Hailey Stutz (14^th in 26:32) and Jobeth Crafton (19^th in 28:04).

In the boys’ race, Villa Grove ended third, trailing Notre Dame De La Salette (19 points) and PBL (60 points. Villa Grove had 65 points.

VG’s Kurt Zimmerman was the meet runner-up, covering the course in 18:05.

Other team leaders were Chase White (19^th in 20:38), Caleb Wiessing (33^rd in 23:27), Andrew Fonner (34^th in 23:51), Austn Zoch (36^th in 23:55) and Blake Davis (37^th in 23:57).

The Blue Devils return to action on Tuesday (Oct. 19) at Tuscola.

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Junior Emma Buesing was the first Villa Grove finisher in the girls’ race. She ran 29^th with a 3-mile time of 24 minutes, 7.27 seconds.

Teammates trailing her were freshman Scarlett Howard (43^rd in 25:46.29), junior Madison Logan (45^th in 25:58.18), junior Kyleigh Price (48^th in 26:22.68) and senior Hailey Stutz (58^th in 27:25.14).

Marshall was the meet champion (25 points). Benton was the runner-up (57). Villa Grove had a team composite of 122.

Kurt Zimmerman was the front-runner for the Blue Devils in the boys’ race.

The freshman took 13^th in 17:36.86.

Other Villa Grove participants were freshman Chase White (68^th in 20:12.31), senior Caleb Wiessing (86^th in 21:21.00), sophomore Austin Zoch (100^th in 22:21.66), freshman Blake Davis (124^th in 24:59.81) and freshman Andrew Fonner (127^th in 26:38.26).

On Tuesday (Oct. 5), Zimmerman was the runner-up in a four-school meet at Sullivan.

His 3-mile time was 17:56.

White finished 13^th in 19:53. Other teammates in the chase were Wiessing (18^th in 20:54), Zoch (28^th in 23:49), Davis (29^th in 24:23) and Fonner (30^th in 24:53).

Cerro Gordo/Bement captured team accolades with 37 points. Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond was second (48 points), followed by Sullivan (56) and Villa Grove (69).

In the girls’ race, Villa Grove was the only school to field a full team and ended with a team composite of 15 points.

Buesing was the individual runner-up, clocking a 22:05.

Stutz was sixth in 24:05 and was followed by Howard (eighth in 24:12), Price (ninth in 24:26), Logan (10^th in 24:28) and Jobeth Crafton (12^th in 24:34).

The Blue Devils return to action on Tuesday (Oct. 12) at Paxton-Buckley-Loda.

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The Blue Devils placed second in the Saturday (Oct. 2) girls’ Lincoln Prairie Conference cross-country meet at Arthur.

Argenta-Oreana won the team crown with 27 points. Villa Grove was next with 41 points.

Junior Emma Buesing was the fifth-place finisher, completing the 3-mile course in 22 minutes, 29.87 seconds.

Rounding out the team’s lineup were: Scarlett Howard (14^th in 24:20.12), Madison Logan (15^th in 24:21.53), Kyleigh Price (19^th in 26:02.25) and Hailey Stutz (21^st in 26:51.38).

Villa Grove returns to action on Tuesday (Oct. 5) at Sullivan.

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The Blue Devils didn’t have enough runners to be scored as a team in the 44^th Tuscola Cross-Country Invitational on Saturday (Sept. 18) at Wimple Park.

Junior Emma Buesing led Villa Grove, placing 45^th in a field of 134 competitors. Her 3-mile time was 23 minutes, 7.41 seconds.

The team’s other runners were: Scarlett Howard (83^rd in 25:45.59), Kyleigh Price (84^th in 25:48.71) and Hailey Stutz (96^th in 26:39.53).

Villa Grove returns to action on Tuesday (Sept. 21) at Urbana Uni High.

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Three juniors set the pace on Saturday (Sept. 11) for the Villa Grove girls’ cross-country team in the Shelbyville Trails Invitational.

Emma Buesing placed 14^th in the 81-runner field. She toured the 3-mile layout in 22 minutes, 3.8 seconds. Madison Logan was 37^th in 24:17.1 and Kyleigh Price was 48^th in 25:21.8.

Other Blue Devil participants were Scarlett Howard (54^th in 25:48.9) and Hailey Stutz (64^th in 27:58.0).

The meet champion in the 10-school event was Marshall (29 points), followed by Effingham (62) and Shelbyville (71). Villa  Grove was seventh with 171 points.

Villa Grove returns to action on Tuesday (Sept. 14) at Tuscola.

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